77Recording and Playing Back MoviesB Notes About Saving DataAfter taking pictures or recording movies, the number of exposures remaining or the remainingrecording time flashes while images or movies are being saved. Do not open the battery-chamber/memory card slot cover. Image and movie data could be lost and the camera or memorycard could be damaged.B Notes About Movie Recording• Memory cards with an SD Speed Class rating of 6 or faster are recommended when recordingmovies (F19). Movie recording may stop unexpectedly when memory cards with a lower SpeedClass rating are used.• Image quality degrades when digital zoom is used. If the digital zoom is not being used whenmovie recording begins, turning and holding the zoom control toward g magnifies the imageusing optical zoom and the zoom stops at the maximum optical zoom ratio. After letting go of thezoom control, turn the zoom control toward g again to magnify the image using the digital zoom.• When recording ends, digital zoom turns off.• The sounds of zoom control operation, zoom, autofocus lens drive movement, vibrationreduction, and aperture operation when brightness changes may be recorded.• Smear (F3) visible in the monitor with movie recording is recorded with movies. Avoiding brightobjects such as the sun, reflections of the sun, and electric lights is recommended.• Depending on the distance to the subject or the amount of zoom applied, subjects with repeatingpatterns (fabrics, lattice windows, etc.) may have colored stripes (interference patterns, moire, etc.)in them during movie recording and playback. This occurs when the pattern in the subject and thelayout of the image sensor interfere with each other; it is not a malfunction.B Camera Temperature• The camera may become warm when recording movies for an extended period of time or whenthe camera is used in a hot area.• If the inside of the camera becomes extremely hot when recording movies, the camera willautomatically stop recording after 30 seconds.The amount of time remaining until the camera stops recording (B30s) is displayed.After the camera stops recording, it turns itself off.Leave the camera off until the inside of the camera has cooled.
